Slavery / The Abolishionist Movement / Underground Railroad
A School History of The Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890
Written in 1890
(AHS Library)
Underground Railroad
Official National Park Handbook
(AHS Library 974.4 ONPH)
The Underground Railroad in Massachusetts
Written by Siebert, Wilbur H. 1936
(AHS Library 974.4 ONPH)
The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Underground Railroad in Andover and Greater Lawrence, Massachusetts
Joint Publication by: The Punchard Trustees Fund, Andover High School Fine Arts Department and The Lawrence Underground Railroad Committee
(AHS Library - Pamplet)
More information:
Andover Historical Society's List of General References & Resources
Andover Historical Society Newsletter Articles:
Free Christian Church Was Anti-Slavery - written by Winthrop Newman - Vol. 6, No. 3
Abolition Divided Andover's Churches, Schools and Citizens - written by Fredercik Fitzgerald - Vol. 9, No. 1
Cato Freeman: Symbol of Anti-Slavery in Andover - written by Joan Patrakis - Vol. 14, No. 2
Blacks Have Lived in Andover For Over Three Centuries - written by Joan Patrakis - Vol. 15. No. 1
Andover Sent Anti-Slavery Emigrants to Kansas - written by Joan Patrakis - Vol. 16, No. 4
Recent Research Clarifies Black Lucy’s Life Story (Lucy Foster) - written by Joan Patrakis - Vol. 22, No. 2
Sojourner Truth Visited Stowe in Andover in 1853 - written by Juliet Haines Mofford - Vol. 22, No. 3
The Underground Railroad Ran Through Andover - written by Juliet Haines Mofford - Vol. 25, No.2
Stowe Invited Abolitionists Here - written by Juliet Haines Mofford - vol. 25, No.4
Copyright © 2004 Andover Historical Society, All rights reserved.
The Andover Historical Society is involved in a continuing study
of anti-slavery, abolitionism, and the Underground Railroad.
Sites such as the William Jenkins House, where fugitive slaves like George Latimer hid out, and "conductors" like William Poor, who secreted runaways under the floorboards of his wagons, are well documented.
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When Woman's Heart is Bleeding 1830s Anti-Slavery Banner, AHS Collection |
Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in Andover from 1852 to 1863, where she was visited by leading abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth. Stowe's political point of view changed during her Andover years, as reflected in her writings. For example, she gathered signatures of ministers from all over America, urging Congress to immediately abolish slavery. The Andover Anti-Slavery Riot of 1835 resulted in the expulsion of 50 Phillips Academy and Andover Theological Seminary students. In 1846 the Free Christian Church was established by anti-slavery advocates who withdrew from other churches over the slavery issue. Slavery was the most divisive moral and political issue of the mid-19th century, chiefly due to Westward expansion and new states joining the Union. Since the Underground Railroad was a clandestine and dangerous method of political protest against the institution of slavery, is difficult to document. To be involved in the abolitionist movement not only meant a deep personal commitment to human rights but often required civil disobedience. |
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The Andover Historical Society is a member of the Greater Lawrence Underground Railroad Committee, a group dedicated to researching and documenting these themes in order to separate history from the mythology surrounding this subject. This Committee will link area sites with the National Park Service's initiative to preserve and interpret sites throughout the U.S. associated with the Underground Railroad, as directed by Congress under the Network to Freedom Act of July, 1998. The images on this page are from a two-sided silk banner in the AHS collection. The banner is in extremely fragile condition. Reproductions of the images on this banner have been painted on the walls of the Memorial Hall, in the Memorial Hall Library.
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Am I Not A Man, 1830s Anti-Slavery |
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